Caroline Sears
Learn how to add a slow-motion effect to your video or speed it up using Adobe Premiere Rush.
In the timeline, select the clip you want to speed up or slow down.
To show the speed controls, click the Speed button on the right bar.
(Optional) To speed up or slow down only a portion of the clip, set the start and end points to select a specific range.
Move the Range Speed slider right to increase the playback speed of a clip. Move it to the left to slow it down. As you move the slider:
If the clip contains audio, playing the clip more slowly lowers the pitch of the audio, and playing the clip faster raises the pitch. To preserve the original pitch of the audio, the Maintain Audio Pitch check box in the Speed panel is enabled by default. If you don't want to preserve the pitch, disable this check box.
Tip: If the audio isn't essential, mute the audio track and add background music to the clip.
To smooth the transition into your speed range, select Ramp and adjust the ramp duration.
If you are unsure of the clip speed that you want, you can manually edit the clip duration to set a specific duration for your clip and let Premiere Rush determine the right speed changes to make for you - based on that duration. To edit the clip duration, click the minutes, seconds, or frames values and type in your changes.
In the timeline, select the clip to which you want to apply speed changes..
To show the speed controls, click the Speed button on the right bar.
In the Clip Duration field, click the minutes, seconds, or frames values and type in your changes.
Click the Reset button to reset the range section to the default speed.
You can change video speed using Premiere Rush on iOS or Android as well. For more information and step-by-step instructions, see:
Instagram video clips need to be of a specific time duration. You can quickly set the clip duration using Premiere Rush.
New to video editing? Here are a few guidelines to help you understand when to speed up or slow down your video.
Often videos benefit from a faster pace in scenarios where you want to:
Examples: Arts and crafts videos, vlogs, make up tutorials
Slowing down a video is a great idea if you’re looking to:
Examples: Sports videos
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